31 Days of Blogging Meme - Day 16 and 17

[dizzojay]

Dream job

I think it's probably not a surprise that my dream job would be something creative, involving art or writing.  I'm very lucky to be able to do my dream job to a certain degree with dapplegrey art.




Favourite childhood book

Depending on what stage of childhood we mean:

Early childhood - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Later childhood - Watership Down

Comments

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Watership down continues to break me. I've read it once a year every year since I was about 14!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

That story will always break me!

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I've read Watership Down, but have no memory of it. I definitely need to get me a copy and read it. Charlie is always a fun book.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

I've always loved Watership Down. I love the fact that it's about rabbits, and it's such a good meaty story, not at all cutesy and fluffy as you would expect a story about rabbits to be.

It's also nice that I live about thirty miles from Watership Down, so I can visualise all the landscapes Richard Adams talks about, because I've seen them!

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so cool that you have seen the landscapes. I would imagine that really helps make the story come that much more alive for you.

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

It's great that you've been able to partly follow your creative dream job with your art and your stories, even if you do have to have a 9-5 job too!

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory is such a classic, but my favorite Roald Dahl is The BFG - from Sam's childhood rather than mine!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever read the BFG, but I'm sure I would like that too. I've still got my childhood copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and every now and again, I just like to spend a couple of hours reading through it again!